That issue is the balance that must be struck between Government employee rights and individual civil liberties. and the need to keep certain information classified. Clearly. the balance has tipped too far toward excessive and unnecessary classification. Mr. Katz also discusses information control policies which discourage free trade in ideas. Outdated laws like the McCarranWalter Act. which allows the executive branch to deny visas to foreign nationals on the basis of their political and ideological beliefs. have been on the books too long. Happily. the Foreign Relations Committee recently passed legislation sponsored by myself. Senator MoyNiHAN. and Senator KAssEBAum which repeals McCarranWalter.